Current Awareness in Aging Research (CAAR) Report #582 -- April 7, 2011

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5. US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION REPORT: "Review of the Long Range Assumptions of the Medicare Trustees' Projections," (February 2011, .pdf format, 5p.).

B. "Impact of changes in length of stay on the demand for residential care services in England: Estimates from a dynamic microsimulation model," by Jose-Luis Fernandez and Julien Forder (Discussion Paper No. 2771, January 2011, .pdf format, 28p.). There is no abstract for this paper.

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25. US NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH: "Enhancing Zebrafish Research with Research Tools and Techniques (R01)," (PAR-11-131, a reissue of PAR-08-139, application due dates September 19, 2011-2013, National Institute on Aging, in conjunction with other agencies).

29. US HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CENSUS AND THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES HEARING TESTIMONY: "Waste, Abuse and Mismanagement in Government Health Care," a hearing held April 5, 2011 (witness statements are available in .pdf format).